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1. Off the record section?

   Open meeting law not applicable?  

   judy-meredith   @   Tue 4 Dec 7:00 PM
   

   • off the record is entirely appropriate

     People go off the record with media all the time. If it's okay with Andrea Estes, I don't see why it shouldn't be okay with David Kravitz ;)

     ryepower12   @   Tue 4 Dec 7:00 PM
     

     • Just wondering if there are any

       standards for bloggers to use when they are posting a live blog. I am assuming when Mr Flaherty offered an opinion or made some statement he did not wish to be shared with the readers of the live blog he asked for permission and it was granted and that;s the standard we can expect from now on.      

       judy-meredith   @   Tue 4 Dec 7:00 PM
       

       • yep

         he asked for permission to go off the record and each and everyone in the group said it was okay.

         I guess with the still-fairly-new medium of blogs, this is sort of a first for BMG, given the few liveblogs we've done. Most liveblogs are usually of events, debates, forums and the like. Today's meeting was sort of in between a formal sit down interview with a bunch of reporters/media folk and a full-blown presser. We're in new territory ;)

         ryepower12   @   Tue 4 Dec 7:00 PM
         

   • You're kidding, I assume?

     Obviously, the open meeting law has no application to what we were doing this afternoon.

     david   @   Tue 4 Dec 7:00 PM
     

2. I'll be posting my thoughts

   at ryan's take for tomorrow morning. Had a crazy busy day today and just sat down for the first time...

   I can say this, though: Flaherty is not afraid to say what he thinks. There aren't a whole ton of politicians who will do that.  

   ryepower12   @   Tue 4 Dec 7:00 PM
   

3. Thanks again

   for meeting with me yesterday. It was a great way to formally introduce myself to you and your readers. I'm just running into a City Council meeting but please feel free to contact me with anymore questions.

   MF

   michaelflaherty   @   Tue 4 Dec 7:00 PM
   

4. A one word answer is

   prob appropriate for someone who only signed up two minutes before the post.You could have used two.

   Wait another 58 minutes and explain the process for a bunch o bloggers allowing a candidate to go off the record.  

   judy-meredith   @   Tue 4 Dec 7:00 PM